Australian Literature: Representation and identity

[@周小进-z8j]

thank you Ms Jones for the lecture, from someone in China who shares an "unusal" interest in AusLIt.

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Time stamps that I think are worth noting

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[@no-body-22]

There were no Aboriginal nations, despite what the Aboriginal Nationalist Industry says. Furthermore, they are not indigenous in the ordinary sense of the word as indigenous applies to a single society where a modern part is layered over a pre-existing part, whereas Aborigines had their own societies and did not constitute an indigenous base. They were replaced, not augmented. Otherwise a very good lecture. Though I would date the consolidation of Australian identity to the 1870s with the establishment of the Australian Natives Association. Also, why are the colonists referred to as European when 99% of them were British - it makes no sense to lump the Danish and Bulgarians in. Calling them Europeans is like saying that the Asians invaded Australia during WW2 because the Japanese did so. How strange!